I recently got my 98 Aero 1100 back from the shop. New tires, carb sync, oil change. I know the bike has more time on it than miles, but what are the odds that the old girls carbs are synced and then the fuel pump starts leaking. I look up under the carriage where the fuel appears to be leaking.

Description of leak, or what appears to be leaking. It looks like the little brass barrel has permatex pushed out of it. I will score some pics if needed.

Only you can find the leak, without pics. Most leaks are from bad hoses, but I have seen pumps fail and leak. How long after getting it back from the shop did this happen? What else did the shop do to the fuel system? And how much did you pay for $70(parts/supplies) and 2 hours worth of labor? First doing a sync is a waste of time and $$ unless you first adjust and service the fuel, ignition and charging systems. Sync is not really a service item, it is more a fine tunning and diagnostic item. My bike goes out of sync I know I have issues, or potential issues, in the fuel system, ignition or valve train.

not long. it looks like it is leaking from above the pump. both the inlet and outlets to the pump on the exhaust side are dry, the filter (i think its a filter right below it as you look up) are dry. It looks like its leaking from above it.
Is there something above it. Next step is to start taking $#!+ apart. Would like not to have to tear this thing all the way down.

Although the vt1100s are very similar there are quite a lot of differences, but without photo's none of us can do more than guess..you should be looking at the petcock, is the filter full of dirt, has one of the hose clips eaten into the hose, is a hose cracked or split..The hose coming down from the petcock has a right angle bend in it where it clips on to the petcock, mine had perished on that bend..get a piece of absorbant paper and wrap it around the hose at the petcock, move it down until it shows wet..that could be the best place to start, It's not much good taking stuff off because you will hide the problem if it is a pinhole..

To the right of the pencil are the 2 fuel lines to and from the pump.
The pencil is pointed at the center part of the pump that is slighly wet.
The majority of the fuel runs down behind and on top of the swingarm

This may be a little tough to clean up, but what we do for hard to find leaks is use leak check, OR foot powder in a spray aresol can. spray the area with the foot powder, it will be all nice and white, when it starts to leak it will become dark and very noticable. spray the entire area, you may also need a mirror to look up in there.

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